After the referee blew the final whistle, Lu Wenbin received the single-game reward for this game.
As he expected, this ultimate European club showdown between the Champions League champion and the UEFA Cup champion had a very rich single-game experience, which was five times that of the UEFA Cup match.
Assisting a goal earns 100,000, scoring a goal earns 200,000, and winning a game earns 400,000. Lu Wenbin made a fortune.
Lu Wenbin received a huge single-game experience reward of 600,000 for 3 goals and 400,000 for winning, a total of 1 million experience points. The experience points increased to level 16, 2.458 million/2 million.
After the experience exceeded the 2 million required for upgrading, the system automatically upgraded. Finally, Lu Wenbin's level experience became 458,000/5 million at level 17, and he received an upgrade reward of 10 skill points, with a skill point balance of 14.
After celebrating with teammates on the court for a while, he returned to the locker room, changed his clothes and came out to receive the award.
Salihovic held the trophy high amid the background singing of "We are the Champions" and the cheers of Hoffenheim fans.
Hoffenheim became the king of Europe in 2009 and blocked Barcelona's fifth championship this year.
After winning the treble last season and the Spanish Super Cup in the new season, the Barcelona media called for the team to continue winning the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup and complete the feat of winning six titles in 2009.
Unexpectedly, just as the slogan was shouted out, their dream of winning six championships was interrupted by Hoffenheim in the European Super Cup.
Of course, Barcelona were not convinced of this defeat, because they believed that Lu Wenbin's shot that went directly into the goal from the sideline was a misjudgment by the referee and a goal that should not have existed.
This point will definitely be debated after the game.
When Salihovic received the European Super Cup trophy from the UEFA President, Lu Wenbin was rewarded with "Task 16: European Super Cup".
The reward for the European Super Cup is 50,000 experience points + 5 skill points. After receiving the reward, Lu Wenbin's experience points increased to 508,000/5 million, and the skill point balance became 19.
After receiving the award, at the post-match press conference, Barcelona coach Guardiola and captain Puyol indeed raised questions about Lu Wenbin's sideline ball.
They believed that Lu Wenbin threw the ball directly into the goal without the shot of Hoffenheim's second player. It was natural for Valdes to touch the ball as a goalkeeper, and it should not be counted as Lu Wenbin's goal.
On Hoffenheim's side, the post-match press conference was attended by Ralph and Lu Wenbin, who performed a hat trick.
Ralph naturally insisted that Valdés had touched the ball, and even if a player on the field had touched the ball, the goal should have been valid.
When asked this question by reporters, Lu Wenbin said that he was not clear about the rules of this side door. He did not intend to throw the ball directly into the goal at that time. It was just an accident. He respected the referee's decision.
After hearing what Lu Wenbin said, many people laughed out loud.
Lu Wenbin is the beneficiary, and of course he respects the referee's decision, but I believe the Barcelona fans must be quite depressed.
That night and the next day, this Super Bowl game sparked heated discussions among countless media and fans around the world.
Hoffenheim's upset victory over Barcelona to win the championship is no big deal, there are too many upsets in the football world. The focus of everyone's discussion is whether Lu Wenbin's sideline kick counts as a goal.
However, as the media and football experts interpreted the FIFA rules in detail, many people understood that the goal should be counted and there was a case for it.
In the 2002 Premier League Birmingham derby, Villa defender Mellberg threw the ball from the backcourt to goalkeeper Enkelmann.
Enkelmann was not concentrating on the ball, and the ball slipped under his feet and rolled into the goal behind him.
It looked like Enkermann didn't touch the ball, so the goal shouldn't count, but the referee thought his foot had grazed the ball and deemed the goal valid.
Regardless of whether Enkermann touched the ball or not, it can be seen from this example that the referee on duty believes that as long as a player on the field touches the out-of-bounds ball, it counts as a goal.
Finally, a FIFA expert came out to announce the final result. He made it clear that a goal would not be counted if the ball went directly into the goal from out of bounds, but it would be counted as a goal if it was touched by anyone on the field except the referee and then went into the goal.
If Valdes hadn't touched Lu Wenbin's sideline ball and it had gone directly into the goal, it wouldn't have counted.
But Valdes touched it and the ball went in.
And it was either Valdes' own goal or Lu Wenbin's goal.
Because the ball was heading towards the goal frame, it's just like when the goalkeeper fails to catch a shot, it won't be counted as an own goal.
What this means is that the referee's decision was accurate. If Barcelona want to find someone to blame for this ball, it should be Valdes, because he shouldn't have touched the ball at all.
Without his touch, the ball wouldn't have been counted as a goal.
Of course, Barcelona players and fans naturally cannot blame Valdes, who made great contributions to the team's treble.
This rule was too far-fetched, and most people didn't understand it at all. Moreover, with the tense situation in the restricted area at that time, how could Valdez have thought of this rule
As a goalkeeper, his instinctive reaction is to prevent the ball from entering the goal.
As for the fact that he finally touched the ball, but was blocked by Puyol and couldn't get it out of the goal frame, he could only blame it on bad luck.
But even so, if the media and fans don't blame him, Valdes himself will probably be depressed for a long time.
In the past, everyone said that the European Super Cup was a warm-up match, but now it is increasingly regarded as a formal honor. After all, this competition has a trophy.
Valdes must feel bad for losing a championship because of his own mistake.
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Hoffenheim doesn't care whether their opponents are depressed or not, they only care about winning another championship honor.
After returning to Sinsheim the next day, Hoffenheim celebrated again.
Hoffenheim fans have been so lucky in the past two years. From being stuck in the lower leagues for a long time to now winning one honor after another, it is simply too much to take in.
Of course, Lu Wenbin, who performed a hat trick in the final, is still the most popular hero in the eyes of all fans.
The next week or so was FIFA match day, and since Lu Wenbin had nothing to do, he stayed at home to continue practicing his speed, free kicks, etc., and helped Kate publish her first novel.
After Lu Wenbin's trial reading, suggestions and revisions, Kate has already written more than 200,000 words of the 2 million-word Western fantasy upgrade novel.
There are no online novel platforms in the West, and the population of each country is seriously insufficient. It is difficult to sell novels at low prices and high volumes like China does using the online VIP model.
Therefore, the best way is still physical publishing.
Kate now has more than 200,000 words and is ready to publish the first volume.
I heard that the girlfriend of the famous football star Lu Wenbin was going to publish a novel, which attracted several publishing houses to come and negotiate, and she was not treated coldly like other newcomers who published novels.
Moreover, Kate's Western fantasy novel, which was written with reference to the upgrade style of Chinese online novels, has an attractive plot, which has attracted the attention of several publishing houses.
Finally, with the help of a lawyer, they negotiated a deal with Germany's largest publishing house, limited to the publishing rights of German paper books in Germany, and all other copyrights were still in Kate's hands.
However, it will take some time for the publishing house to finalize the manuscript, typeset and print it before it is released.
At that time, we will see whether Kate's Western novel written using the writing style of Chinese online novels can stand the test of the Western market.